News Room : European Meteorological Society

28/10/2019

EMS2019 Early Career Scientist Café: The experience of two participants

Mendy van der Vliet, The Netherlands, and Magdalena Mittermeier, Germany, tell about their experience at this first-time mentoring event in Copenhagen. The event was attended by 13 young scientists, and six experienced scientists from all over Europe answered questions and discussed any issue that was raised.[more]

EMS2019: Leena Järvi, Helsinki, discussing her poster

18/09/2019

EMS2019: Videos of interviews with stakeholders, organisers and poster presenters

During the EMS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen we interviewed poster presenters, exhibitors, convenors, the chair of the poster selection committee and local hosts of this and forthcoming Annual Meetings. The short statements …[more]

Karsten Schwanke, Germany: EMS TV Weather Forecast Award 2019 (photo credit: ARD/Ralf Wilschewski)

17/09/2019

EMS2019: Short video interviews with Media Awardees and speakers of the Media Session

During the Media & Communications Session at the EMS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen we interviewed the awardees and presenters at this session.[more]

16/09/2019

Outstanding Poster Award 2019

The graphic layout of Mendy van der Vliet’s poster is outstanding: immediately one feels attracted to engage and investigate the poster even when seen from a distance. Her poster Operational agricultural applications in emerging economies based on satellite soil moisture deals with applied science.[more]

11/09/2019

EMS2019 in Copenhagen: first impressions

20/08/2019

Fun events at EMS2019! – Secure the last few places

If you’ve already booked your place at EMS2019 in the beautiful Danish capital of Copenhagen, below are some interesting excursions and side events which may interest you![more]

Hands-on experiment demonstrating the formation of leewaves behind mountains (© D. Etling).

19/08/2019

German Met Society’s Educational Events for Schools

In protests such as “Times of Climate Change” and “Fridays4Future” younger generations pose questions and make demands regarding what needs to be done to protect our climate. Meteorologists can play an important role in this area because the science of meteorology involves many aspects of climate change. However, it is a challenge …[more]

EMS Tromp Awardee 2019 iego Miralles (photo private)

01/08/2019

EMS Tromp Award 2019 for Diego Miralles

Diego Miralles from the University of Ghent, Belgium, receives the EMS Tromp Award 2019 for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology. The award is funded by the Solco W. Tromp foundation, together with travel awards for young scientiest to attend the EMS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen 2019.[more]

31/07/2019

Amanda Ruggeri wins EMS Journalist Award 2019

Amanda Ruggeri, Editor, London Features and Editor, BBC Future, receives the Journalist Award for her article “Miami’s fight against rising seas” in which she addresses the important issue of the impacts of climate change. She covers various aspects of the subject – environmental, social and political – while presenting different points of view …[more]

26/07/2019

EMS Outreach & Communication Award 2019: Communicating climate change

Comunicare il cambiamento climatico, a project devoted to raise awareness for the effects and impacts of climate change in the Friuli Venezia Giuglia region, will receive the EMS Outreach and Communication Award 2019. The project approaches the topic from very different angles and is aimed at different audiences.[more]